Update: Another 60 to 70 patients were evacuated around 10:30 p.m.
The town of Norwood reports some 20 Norwood Hospital ICU patients were evacuated this evening after heavy rain flooded the hospital basement, "resulting in an electrical issue on the premises and a loss of power." Read more.
John in Eastie watched some impressive lightning from East Boston shortly after 8 p.m.
He took another shot shortly before 9 p.m., of a bolt possibly hitting in Cambridge: Read more.
Erin Larson could only watch in amazement as motorists tried to ford an impromptu lake on Commonwealth Avenue near Chestnut Hill Avenue this afternoon: Read more.
Roving UHub photographer Melissa H shows us the view down Main Street in Waltham around 8 tonight.
Maureen O'Hara was startled to look up this evening and see something other than the steady blue the Old Hancock weather beacon had been locked into since the start of pandemic times. Anybody need a refresher on the rhyme?
The National Weather Service reports we could get wind gusts of up to 65 m.p.h. tomorrow, and National Grid is warning of potential power outages as Mother Nature unleashes her fury and snaps trees like matchsticks as a powerful storm churns across the region and, oh, God, we're babbling again, aren't we? On the bright side, you probably won't have to worry about joggers getting too close to you in local parks.
For some reason, Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester remained open in the middle of a rain storm at high tide early this afternoon, giving drivers the chance to experience the thrill of going out to sea - unless they were too timid and instead took the easy way out by driving on the sidewalk near Malibu Beach, as Timmy shows us. He also had a question for DCR: Read more.
Jonathan Berk captured some of the cloud tops over South Boston after the afternoon storm.
Andy Woodruff watched a kayaker glide down Salem Street in Malden after the torrents stopped this afternoon.
Over in East Boston, Steve Holt watched a geyser erupt on Marginal Street: Read more.
Matt E. had a close-up view of the tree that came down in the storm tonight on Sheridan Street in Jamaica Plain.
Man climbs onto roof of car in Malden floodwaters.
Julio Salado had a ringside seat for the flooding along Eastern Avenue in Malden at the height of the afternoon pleasantries. In all, four cars were stuck, he reports: Read more.
A roving UHub photographer came across this scene during the afternoon weather at Park and Bourneside by Town Field in Fields Corner (and yes, for all you cranky commenters, he was fully stopped, at a red light).
Jason B. was among the Orange Line commuters who would have benefited from some waders at Haymarket this morning.
Dan Crocker watched the sunset down Weld Hill Street in Forest Hills this evening.
This storm is no joke. Just went through a flooded HOV Lane on 93S that was very deep. pic.twitter.com/At8BkvfOAZ
— Jarred Rose (@Jarred4MA) July 17, 2019
Muerl got an ominous view on North Beacon Street in Brighton during the second of this afternoon's storms. Read more.
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